9 for the '90s

Welcome to 9 for the '90s! In this column, we share nine topical links,
videos, and memes from the worlds of film, music, television, celebrity,
art, toys, fashion, technology, pop culture, and beyond, all filtered
through a '90s lens. It's all good.

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4. In honor of its 20th anniversary, Jurassic Park
will get the 3D treatment in 2013. For the record, I'm still of the opinion
that the book's core values (hubris and the creator complex, the ascendancy
of the scientific method and the concept of progress, automation and the
information age, and the dangers of unintended consequences chief amongst
them) were severely compromised to make the film more palatable for
children. The decision to tweak John Hammond's (Richard Attenborough)
character arc (he escapes unscathed but for a bruised ego as opposed to the
book in which he is literally eaten alive at the hands of his very
creations) was a fatal flaw. That said, the dinos still look cool and the
movie was certainly a technical accomplishment. Stepping off the soapbox in
3, 2, 1...